All About Ballet

[shinystar]

Hi Pixie28


How long they take to finish one level to proceed to another level?? For pre-primary ballet, the gals also need to go for exam too or only take exam when they r in higher grade level?the students will undertake examination from which recognised dance examination? thks

[twilight]

Usually it takes one year to finish one level, until they reach higher levels like grade 6. Some teachers do allow them to finish in one year too, but others would recommend doing it over 2 years before taking exams.


Exams are not compulsory, at least not for the graded syllabus. You can skip say pre primary exam and still do primary exam the next year, or grade 3 exams n years later. I never did the lower level exams because my mum said she didn’t want to take the fun out of dancing by having unnecessary stress for exams.

[shinystar]

oic ok thks twilight

[Mipimommy]

Hi, need advise as to where I can get soft pointe shoes in Singapore. My dd needs it for RAD ballet vocational exam. Thanks!

[shinystar]

Hi


Did any mummies send their gal to ballet at Crestar (Hougang Branch)?Is the teacher good? any comments? thks…

[meiah]

Hi,


hoping for more feedback on Palais Dance Studio and Cheng Ballet. Anyone can share some feedback? Don’t seem to have read much so far.

My gal is already on SBA waitlist but I find the location inconvenient. These two would be much better for me now and for her in future. The new SBA class should start around June.

Anyone can help? Tks.

[jtoh]

meiah:

Hi,


hoping for more feedback on Palais Dance Studio and Cheng Ballet. Anyone can share some feedback? Don't seem to have read much so far.

My gal is already on SBA waitlist but I find the location inconvenient. These two would be much better for me now and for her in future. The new SBA class should start around June.

Anyone can help? Tks.

Cheng Ballet's website: http://www.chengballet.org/

Mr Cheng is good. I'm not sure if the school does RAD though.

[meiah]

jtoh:

Cheng Ballet's website: http://www.chengballet.org/

Mr Cheng is good. I'm not sure if the school does RAD though.

Hi,

Tks. I've already signed my dd up. Hope that she would enjoy the lessons. :rahrah:

[sugarpie2honey]

Ms. June Lee at The School of Dance (50 MacPherson Road, near the PIE)is a wonderful ballet teacher! Her classes are well disciplined and children do enjoy the lessons, all the while learning good techniques and rhythm from the start. It is nothing unusual to see the same group from year to year as students seldom drop. She has been the coordinator for the correography for the opening and closing ceremonies at the S'pore Youth Olympics Games, and her older students are usually taking a role in the National Day Parade and other events and competitions.


Jia Jia Tan also teaches at TSOD at the MacPherson Road location (same place as Ms. Lee). Ms. Tan was once a student of Ms. Lee and she is a good teacher as well.

Although the location is not exactly ideal, because of the great teaching, we like to send our girls for Ms. Lee's class.

If you have a chance to start with Ms. Lee, go for it! Take a trial class and you may well be hooked. What I appreciate is that there is a big glass wall at the backside of the studio and generally the big black curtain is open so parents can easily observe the class. It's nice to see the children engaged in the lesson and the class running smoothly with all the kids following along and getting help from the teacher as needed.

Hope this can help someone.

[G Tan]

My DD just completed her Grade 5 Exam last week, yeah…